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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-09
Economical Feeding.

If we give young animal more car
bonaceous food than is needed to sup
port the system and carry on its func-
tions the animal will only lay up or
make use of so much as is needed with
the albuminods required. In such case
the animal is required to masticate and
digest food that it cannot assimilate. 1t
will not 90 to the building up of the
animal, but is thrown off as waste ma
terial. So far as the animal economy
is concerned, it has been an injury
rather than benefit. For practical
illustration of this statement permit me
to refer to an experiment reported by
celebrated German authority. A COW
had been fed for some time, per one
thousand pounds of live weight, with
daily ration consisting of twenty-siX
pounds of potatoes, two and one-half
pounds of oil-cake and fourteen pounds
of hay without change in her weight.
AS soon as one pound of oil-cake per
day had been added her weight in
creased rapidly, and within fourteen
days she had gained ninety-one pounds
in weight. The result, says the expert
menter, cannot be satisfactorily ex-
planned by the mere increased consump-
ton of the fourteen pounds of oil-cake,
but it is reasonable to assume that the
excess of starch, due to too liberal
use of potatoes, had been turned to
better account for the formation of ami
NAL matter-shown by the increase of
live weight-in consequence of the ad
dition of rich heterogeneous article of
fodder like the oil-cake. Instead of pass
ing in the eXcretion of the animal, where
it had been previously recognized, the
starch now assisted in the bringing
about of the increased live weight. The
physiological value of the fourteen
pounds of oil-cake exceeded many times
their commercial value. The best re-
suits in feeding stock can only be Sc
cured by taking into the account both
standards of the physiological and COM
mercial.-Ne,o England Farmer.
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NEURALGIA, rheumatism, erysipelas,
sore throat, tooth-ache and all other
pains and aches are promptly cured by
Salvation Oil. Price twenty-five cents.
COUGHING CLARA-Comely, charm
ing Clarissa Clendenning, carelessly
catching cold; creeping chills came;
Clara coughed continually; cruel,
croupy cough that would have killed
her had she not used DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, costing twenty-five cents.
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do not know but what / am tread
ing on forbidden ground to mention the
corset question again, but it is not to
discuss it that / do so. They say
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A Modern Fiancee.

She, with a milk. pail on her arm
Turns aside with her young cheeks glowing
And sees down the lane the slow, duh tread
OF the drove of cows that are homeward going.
" Bessie" he sad-at the sound she turned,
Her blue eyes full of childish wonder
my mother is feeble and lame and old
need a wife at my farmhouse yonder.
" My heart is lonely, my home Is drear,
I need your presence ever near me;
VIII you be my guardian angel, dear.
Queen Of my household to guide and cheer me?'
" 1t has pleasant sound" she said
A household queen, guiding spirit,
To warm your heart and cheer your home,
And keep the sunshine ever near 1t.
But am only simple child
SO my mother says In her daily Gliding;
And what must guardian angel do
When she first begins her work of guiding?"
"well, first, dear Bessie, a smiling face
Is dearer far than the rarest beauty;
And my mother-fretful, lame and old
VIII require a daughters loving duty.
You will see to her fannels, drops and tea
And talk with her Of lungs and liver;
Give her your cheerful service, dear:
The Lord he loveth cheerful giver'
"You will see that my breakfast is piping hot,
And rub the clothes to a snowy wilderness;
Make golden butter and snowy rolls,
And polish things to shining brightness;
win darn my stockings and mend my coats,
And see that the buttons are sewed on tightly;
You will keep things cheerful and neat and sweet
That homes altar.fres may still burn brightly.
"You will read me at evening the daily news
The tedious winternights beguiling;
And never forget that the sweetest face
Is cheerful face that is always smiling.
In short, you'll arrange In general way
For sort of sublunary heaven;
For home, dear Bessie. say what we may,
Is the highest sphere to a woman given"
The lark sang out to the bending sky,
The bobonk piped in the nodding PUSHES
And out of the tossing clover blooms
Came the sweet clear song of the meadow thrushes
And Bessie, listening, paused awhile,
Then said with sly glance at her neighbor,
d" But John-do you mean-that is to say,
What shall get for all this labor?
" To be nurse, companion, and servant girl,
To make homes altarhres bura brightly;
To wash and iron and scrub and cook,
And always be cheerful, neat and sprightly;
To give up liberty, home and friends
Nay, even the name of mothers giving
To do all this for ones board and clothes;
Why, the life of an angel isn't worth living"
And Bessie gayly went her way
Down the fields of scented clover,
But never again since that summer day
Has she won glance from her rustic lover
The lark sings out to the bending sky,
The clouds sail on white as ever;
The clovers toss In the summer wind,
But Bessie has lost that chance forever.
Julia Mus Dunn.
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under the regular muslin or linen case.
Like the cover of the mattress, this need
be removed but twice year. Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
Blockade. Running.

On receiving my rank as post-captain,
/ found myself shelved, as it were, for
four years while waiting my turn for a
command. This was according to the
rules of the navy, so there was no get
ting out of it, What was | to do? L
consulted several of my friends who
were in similar position, who, like
myself, did not wish to remain idle so
long, so we looked about us for some
enterprise, or something to do, The
upshot of ii was that we thought of try
ing if we could not conceive some plan
for breaking through the much-talked-
of blockade of the Southern States of
America, then in revolt against the
government of Washington. y
/ trust that our American friends will
not be too severe in their censures on
those engaged in blockade-running, for
q say it with the greatest respect for,
and admiration of, enterprise) had they
been lookers-on instead of principals in
the sad drama that was enacted, they
would have been the very men to take
the lead. 1t must be borne in mind
that the excitement of fighting did not
exist. One was always either running
away or being deliberately pitched into
by the broadsides of the American cruis'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
The New Pauper Law.

Since the publication of our answer
to the inquiry of Richard Dodge, an
old veteran of two wars, we have
heard from several lawyers who disa-
gree with the opinion we gave and sew
eral others who agree with us. When
lawyers disagree courts decide, and I'M
til this question is decided by the
courts no one can tell what the law is.
This matter is an interesting one to
LAWYERS and town officers. Judge
Poland, who introduced the bill in the
house which resulted in the radical
change of the pauper law of this state,
SAYS he has received several letters
from overseers of the poor in different
parts of the state requesting his opinion
on this very question. He does not
agree with us. The question is attracting
so much attention that we restate the
case: Dodge had legal settlement in
Montpelier and went to MiddleseX,
where he resided and supported him.
self for five years, when he applied fol
help from that town. The question OF
his settlement was investigated and
Montpelier conceded that his support
was properly chargeable to her. She
has supported Dodge for three years OF
more and is still supporting him. Since
the change in the pauper law made al
the last session of the legislature, Mont
pelier insists that MiddleseX must sup
port Dodge and his family from the
date of the passage of the new law
and has already taken the necessary
steps to compel Middlesex to do so
which will probably bring the veXed
question before the court for decision
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
Questions Answered.

II. G., RICHMOND.-The tailor with
three RS in his name, who was in bust
ness in Montpelier before any railroad
was built in Vermont and who made so
many uniforms for officers during the
war, is still in business in Montpelier.
T. W, WINoOsKI.-Ther reason why
Washington county has more pension
ers than any other county i'll the state
is because the old soldiers have en-
ployed home attorneys to prosecute
their cases and kept their claim out of
the hands of Washington agents.
N. G., NEwBURY.-No important
bills have yet passed congress relating
to pensions. We see no probability OF
the bill to pension all soldiers becom-
ing law this winter. There is more
prospects of bill restoring the arrears
act becoming law. The senate has
passed bill to give a pension to all
soldiers who are disabled and depend
ent upon their labor for a support.
G.. W., ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Soldiers Home will not be ready to &C.
commodate veterans before spring. A
veteran who served in the Third Yer
mont Regiment arrived in Montpelier
last week from Maine, where he hat
been refused admission to the Nationa
Soldiers Home for the reason they hat
no room for any more soldiers there
He was informed that Vermont had ;
home, which he was seeking when he
reached Montpelier. He is now stop
ing at the poor-house on the town farm
waiting for the opening OF the home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
Stray Shots.

THE committee on military affairs of
the senate has reported against the bill
introduced by Senator Edmunds APP
propriating S25 900 in aid of volun-
teer disabled soldiers home in YER
mont.
THE second comptroller of the treas
ury has decided that an enlisted soldier,
discharged before the expiration of his
term because of disability resulting
from sunstroke, is entitled to bounty,
the same as if the disability was the re-
suit of wounds.
THE Argus announces that DIR. X. G..
Jenne of East Corinth, a democrat and
a member of the board of surgeons at
Wells River, has been granted a pen
sion of S72 month and S. 800 arrears.
Will the Argus inform us on what dis
ability so large pension was granted ?
In an ordinary case soldier has to be
entirely helpless, requiring the atten-
dance of another person TO take care OF
him, to obtain pension of $50 a month.
THE Burlington Free Press says:
"Stannard Post claims TO have the old
est veteran in this state. His name is
John Kennedy and he is eighty-two
years old. He was a member of Com
pany A, Fifth Vermont Volunteers"
Alonzo Jones of Montpelier, eighty
two years of age, was soldier in Com
pany E, Eighth Vermont Volunteers
and is a pensioner. Besides serving
himself, he had four sons in the Union
army during the rebellion. G. II. New
ton of Calais and G. Hancock of Berlin
who are nearly as old as Kennedy and
Jones, are veterans of the last war.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
Catarrh to CONSUMPTION.

Catarrh in its destructive force stands next to and
undoubtedly leads to consumption. 1t is there
fore singular that those afflicted with this fearful
disease should not make 1t the object of their lives
to rid themselves of it. Deceptive remedies con-
cocted by ignorant pretenders to medical knowledge
have weakened the confidence of the great majority
of sufferers in all advertised remedies They be-
come resigned to life of misery rather than tor
ture themselves with doubtful palliatives.
But this will never do. Catarrh must he met at
every stage and combated with all our might. In
many cases the disease has assumed dangerous
symptoms. The bones and cartilage of the nose,
the organs of hearing of seeing and of tasting so
affected to be useless. the uvua elongated, the
throat inlamed and irritated to produce con.
slant and distressing cough.
SAEFoRDs RADICAL CURE meets every phase of
Catarrh, from a simple head cold to the most oath-
and destructive stages. 1t is local and consti
tutonal. Instant in relieving permanent in curing
safe economical and neverfang.
Each package contains bottle of the RADICAL
CURE, one box CATARRHAL SOLVENT and an I'M
PROVED INHALER, with treatise price Sl
POTTER DRUG CHEMICAL Co., BOSTON.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
Some Things Abroad.

The system of railroad travel in En-
gland, France, Belgium and Germany,
in my opinion, surpasses ours; the
coaches are made lighter, the trains are
run at uniform rapid speed long dis
tances, without stopping, on exact time.
They do not seem subject to the same de-
lays that we have. No crowds orloafers
are at the stations on the arrival of
trains; no shrieking, shrill whistling
and no yelling by hotel p0rte9rs or "all
aboard " by conductors. Railroads run
over or under other roads ms a rule, but
when crossing at grade highway
which happens in the country, gate
and gate-man are there, so no need OF
bell or whistle. AT stations the starter
blows a small whistle as signal tC
start. Railroad stations in large cities
are built of immense size and strength
bridges are of stone, massive and ap
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
Select 9atlistellanp.
The Flood Of Years.

. Beyond
That belt of darkness still the years roll on
More gently, but with not less mighty sweep.
They gather up again and softly bear
All the sweet lives that late were overwhelmed
And lost to sight-all that in them was good,
Noble and truly great and worthy Of love
The lives of infants and ingenious youths,
Sages and sanity women, who have made
Their households happy-a are raised and borne
by that great current in its onward sweep,
Wandering and ripping with caressing waves
Around green islands, fragrant with the breath
OF flowers that never wither. So they pass
From stage to stage along the shining course
of that fair river, broadening like q sea.
As its smooth eddies curl along their way,
They bring old friends together; hands are clasped
In joy unspeakable; the mothers arms
Again are folded round the child she loved
And lost. Old sorrows are forgotten now,
Or but remembered to make sweet the hour
That overpays Them wounded hearts that bled
Or broke are healed forever. III the room
OF this grief.shadowed Present there shall he
A Present in whose reign no grief shall gnaw
The heart and never shall a tender tie
BE broken-in whose reign the eternal change
That waits growth and action shall proceed
with everlasting concord hand in hand.-BrgdHt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19

A DEEP MYSTERY. Wherever you
are located you should write to Hallett
& Co., Portland, Maine, and receive
Gree full information about work that
thereby from So to S25 and upwards
daily. Some have made over $50 day.
All is new. Hallett Il Co. will start
you. Capital not needed. Either sex,
All ages. No class of working-people
have ever made money so fast hereto
fore. Comfortable fortunes await every
worker. All this seems a deep mys-
terry to you, reader, but send along
your address and ii will be cleared up
and proved. Better not delay; now is
the time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
Halls Catarrh Cure.

There is more catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be constitu-
tional disease and therefore requires a
Constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f. j. Cheney *
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu'
tional cure now on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from ten
drops to tea-spoonful. 1t acts directly
upon the blood and mucus surfaces OF
the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure
Send for circular and testimonials. AID
dress,
+. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Gz%Sold by druggists, seventy-hv'
cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19

IT was an old oriental doctrine that
women have no souls. More enlight-
ened philosophy comedies that they
have purer, finer, more exalted souls
than men. But they are too often con-
tanned in feeble, suffering bodies, which
hamper and retard their full develop
ment. For all those painful ailments
incident to the sex DR.. Pierce's " Fa-
vorite Prescription is the best spe-
cifc in the world, and is sold under a
positive guarantee that it will do all
that is claimed for it, Price reduced
to one dollar. BY druggists.
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Soldiers &uooct.
Pensions Granted.

To DR.. p. ID. Bradford, Mortified,
S25 month and $685. arrears; Edwin
E. Rumney, West Berlin, 81 month
from February, 1886, date of applica-
ton; Robert Aston, Manchester, n. H.,
recently of Cabot, 81 month and 81 )
030 arrears; Robert G.. Barnes, North
Hyde Park, an increase from IS to Sl2
month; William j. Maloney, North
Troy, IS month and 81 200 arrears
Maria Leach, North Troy, SD month
and about 5000 arrears; William II.
Eastman, Greensboro, Sc month and
$3.50 arrears; William II. Wright, Shell
don, "a month and about 500 arrears.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
Please Don't Forget It!

That DIR. II. James Cdnndbis fDdicd is prepared in
Calcutta, India, from the purest and best Native
Hemp and is the only remedy, either III that country
this, that will positively and permanently cure
Consumption. Bronchitis. Asthma, Nasal
Catarrh and Nervous Debility, or break up a
fresh cold in "a hours $3.50 bottle three bottles
1851 Craddock Co., Proprietors, 1892 Race Street
philAdelphia. Pa.
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DRUGGISTS ENDORSE THEM.

Have sold u quantity of your CUTICURA RENE
DIES one of my customers, Mrs. Henry Kntz, who
had letter her hands to such extent to cause
the skin to peel Off and for eight years she suffered
greatly, was completely cured by the use of your
medicines,
c. n NYE, Druggist, Canton, Ohio.
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| have suffered all my life with skin diseases of
different kinds aud have never found permanent re-
lief until by the advice of lady friend used your
valuable CUTICURA REMEDIES. | gave them a
thorough trial, using six bottles of the CUT1CuRA
REsoLvENT. two boxes of CUTICuRA and seven
cakes of CUT1CURA SOAR. and the result was just
what had been told it would BED complete cure.
BELLE WADE, Richmond, Va.
Reference, q. W. Latimer, Druggist, Richmond, Va.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19

A HIRED girl has right to be indie
pendent if she can cook good meal of
victuals and keep house in order, for
there are many who think themselves
above her that cannot perform those
duties.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
NO MEDICINE LIKE THEM.

We have sold your CUT1CURA REMEDIES for the
last six years and no medicines on our shelves give
better satisfaction.
CUTICURA REMEDIES are sold everywhere. Price
CUTICURA, fifty cents; REsOLVENT, SlO0 SOAP,
twenty-five cents. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG
AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston, Mass. Send for
"H How to Cure Skin Diseases"
GRUB BIS, iumTo Juniors ' cured by cuTidURSS
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
SKIN : SCALP
Cleansed, Purified and Beautified
by the Cuticura Remedies.

For cleansing the Skin and Scalp of Dsfguring
1Iumors, for allaying Itching Burning aud inham-
nation. for curing the first symptoms of Eczema,
Psoriasis, Milk Crust Scaly Head, Scrofua and
other inherited Skin and Blood Diseases, CuTlCuRA,
quisite Skin beauiher. externally, and CuTICUBA
REsoLvENT, the new Blood Purifier, internally are
infabe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19

was troubled with Salt Rheum for number of
years, that the skin entirely came of one Of my
hands from the finger tips to the wrist tried rem.
edes and doctors prescriptions to no purpose until
commenced taking CUTICuRA REMEDIES, and now
| am entirely cured
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
ITCHING. sCALy. PIMpLy.

For the last year have had n species Of itching,
scaly and pimpy humors my face, to which have
applied great many methods of treatment without
success, and which was speedily and entirely cured
by CUT1CURA.
MRS. ISAAC PHELPS Ravenna, o.
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PURIFY your blood, tone up the sys-
TEN and regulate the digestive organs
by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold by
all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19

DIR. SoULE's PILLS never fail to cure
headache, constipation and piles.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19

CARPETS may be frightened by dust
ing with damp flannel mop.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
advertisements.
Perfect Hair

Indicates natural and healthy condi-
ton of the scalp, and of the glands
When, in consequence of age and dis
ease, the hair becomes weak, chin, ana
gray, Ayers Hair Vigor will strengthen
it, restore its original color, promote its
rapid and vigorous growth, and impart
to it the lustre and freshness of youth.
| have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
long time, and am convinced of its
value When was II years of age my
hair began to turn gray. | commenced
using the Nigor, and was surprised at
the good effects it produced. 1t not
only restored the color to my hair, but
so stimulated its growth that | have
now more hair than ever before. 49,
j. w. Edwards, Coldwater, Miss.
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Aver S Hair Vigor,
Sold Lao, all nruggista mud p,rfunora

If YOU ARE SUFFERING from debility
and loss of appetite; if your stomach is
out of order, or your mind confused;
take Ayers Sarsaparlla This medicine
will restore physical force and elasticity
to the system, more surely and speedily
than any tonic yet discovered.
For six months | suffered from liver
and stomach troubles. My food did not
nourish me, and / became weak and
very much emaciated. | took six bottles
of Ayers Sarsaparilla, and was cured.
Julius NJ. Palmer, Springfield, Mass.
Ayers Sarsaparilla,
Prepared by DR.. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell Mass.
Sold by Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, %
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F. J. CHENEY & CO.,

CTS Sold by druggists, seventy-tive
cents.